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Review Of Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, Yvonne C. Garrett
Review Of Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, Yvonne C. Garrett
Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies
In recent years, the idea that the algorithms behind for-profit search engines are somehow neutral or unbiased has been heavily critiqued but for those who still hold onto a belief of objectivity and accuracy, Safiya Umoja Noble presents a clear and well-researched argument against such naiveté. These algorithms and the searches they drive are instead, Noble argues, a part of systemic structural oppression around race and gender. For Noble, Google Search’s algorithms are structured in a way that supports dominant narratives reflecting hegemonic frameworks and these same frameworks are an integral part of the structured oppression of women and people …
How To Compute Equilibrium Prices In 1891, William C. Brainard, Herbert E. Scarf
How To Compute Equilibrium Prices In 1891, William C. Brainard, Herbert E. Scarf
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers
Irving Fisher’s Ph.D. thesis, submitted to Yale University in 1891, contains a fully articulated general equilibrium model presented with the broad scope and formal mathematical clarity associated with Walras and his successors. In addition, Fisher presents a remarkable hydraulic apparatus for calculating equilibrium prices and the resulting distribution of society’s endowments among the agents in the economy. In this paper we provide an analytical description of Fisher’s apparatus, and report the results of simulating the mechanical/hydraulic “machine,” illustrating the ability of the apparatus to “compute” equilibrium prices and also to find multiple equilibria.
Mathematical Programming And Economic Theory, Herbert E. Scarf
Mathematical Programming And Economic Theory, Herbert E. Scarf
Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers
The paper discusses the analogy between economic institutions and algorithms for the solution of mathematical programming problems. The simplex method for solving linear programs can be interpreted as a search for market prices that equilibrate the demand for factors of production with their supply. An interpretation in terms of the internal organization of the large firm is offered for Lenstra’s integer programming algorithm.